Conan: The Mechanic

In the afternoon of that day, in a luxury hotel suite in Kyoto.

[In terms of simplified model, considering that you are playing against someone of your level," Chiba stretched out her hands and compared two threes. "If the opponent's song cards are less than six cards left. , and if your number of cards is more than twice hers minus one, it will be right to play your own cards without thinking, which will increase your expected winning rate. 】

"That's probably the case, Aunt Jinghua," he knelt in front of Hattori Jinghua and asked Ye for advice. "Although what he said was firm, I was still a little uneasy... Does this method really work?"

"Well... First of all, this is definitely not a song card," Hattori Shizuka gave an ambiguous answer with a subtle expression after thinking for a while. "But to be honest, in the case of competitive singing cards, this kind of behavior exists. As long as it is a way to improve the winning rate, there will always be people who try it - about five years ago, there was a person in Kyoto who pursued elitism, and the average level was very high. The high-level small song card club is called [Nagoro Club], and their president [Nagoro Shikao] is a veteran. I have played with him once, so I have a good understanding of his style. That kind of... In short, as long as a song card game has him in it, then the game will be unartistic."

"But experience tells us that if an elitist society can recruit people without artistic aesthetics, then their strength must be very strong..." Qianyu smacked her lips. "What do you think of this Mr. Nagashi Shikao's ability?"

"He doesn't play individual games much, but is more interested in bringing other people in the club to play team games. This has caused his personal ability...to be completely buried." Hattori Jinghua shook his head. "In that game, I was a disastrous defeat in every sense - I competed as the queen of the second consecutive championship, but I was finally defeated 3:1 by Nagoro, who could not even get the right to challenge a celebrity. That set was a narrow win, and the three losses were all catastrophic losses.

"However, when I come to this point, I do remember that this time, the opponent named Ooka Hongye that Ye values ​​the most, she used to be this Nagoro's proud student and received many years of education from her. So you use her The master has used the skills for many years to deal with her, and it is far from inappropriate, it can only be said to treat her with the same way."

"A proud student of the Nagare Club?" He Ye was surprised. "But she is now affiliated with the Satsuki Club... What happened later that caused her to have a conflict with this Mr. Nagoro, and finally switched to the Satsuki Club?"

"No, the reason is actually very simple, Nagoro will be disbanded." Hattori Shizuka shook his head. "It was not long after the comparison with me that he used an unusually tough stance to invite Ms. Satsuki, the president of the Satsuki Club and the strongest person to fight to the death, and the loser disbanded the club. It was released in the form of public outcry in the media, leaving little room for manoeuvre between the two.”

"And in the decisive battle, Nagoro was defeated?" Qianyu guessed.

"If that's the case, there won't be so much trouble, but in fact the situation is more bizarre than this..." Hattori Shizuka shook his head. "Because in fact, Nagoro suddenly disappeared a few days before the game and didn't show up at the game. In the end, Nagoro also fell apart due to the dual effects of abstention and the disappearance of the leader."

"Missing..." Qianyu and Kazuha looked at each other. "Didn't you find it later?"

"No more," Hattori Shizuka made it clear. "In fact, some people think that Nagoro Shikao chose to commit suicide in a remote place to save his reputation before the game because he felt he couldn't win. But I think... Ms. Satsuki and I are only capable of Between the peers, Mr. Nagashi has no reason to fear her, and he can even face each other with a condescending attitude."

Just as they were talking here, there was a knock on the door.

"Excuse me, is Queen Chibo here?" A girl's polite voice came from outside the door.

[Queen Chibo? ] Chiba immediately guessed who this title might be referring to—Heiji mentioned it when he was in Tokyo. His mother had participated in a song card competition with her own surname a few years ago, but she had not waited for Hattori Shizuka to respond, and Yebei gave a very violent reaction.

"Ooka Hongye?" He Ye was taken aback. "Auntie... how could Hongye..."

"If you do targeted training for Ooka Momiji, you have to practice with her to know her technical and tactical characteristics." Hattori Shizuka stood up and walked towards the door. "Besides, you also have to observe her demeanor at close range."

Saying so, she opened the door.

"Queen Chiba—" Ooka Hongye first bowed respectfully to Hattori Shizuka, but then noticed that there seemed to be an uninvited guest in the room. "He Ye? Her Lady Queen, this is..."

"I'm very interested in both of you, so I invite you both to come and have a game with my old lady." Hattori Jinghua had already prepared for this. "As for this boy...you don't have to worry, he's not the player this time, he's just my child's friend. Come here to watch the song card competition - of course, this kid can actually have a little song card."

"That's right, forgive me." Momiji Ooka apologized to Shizuka Hattori for her gaffe just now. "Then, Madam Queen, when can we..."

"Just now," Hattori Shizuka showed a slight smile and nodded. "Let me see the strength of the most talented high school student players in the Satsuki Cup in recent years~www.NovelMTL.com~ Qianyu, can you be in charge of the work of the referee and the record player?"

"Ah? Oh, okay!" Qian Yu was stunned for a moment, and then quickly obeyed. "So, does everything follow standard procedures?"

"Of course, don't just take the song card competition as an art of confrontation, it is also a very important cultural treasure!" Hattori Shizuka took out a folding fan from his sleeve and taught. "You do have a very bright talent in competition, but outside of competition, you still lack a good understanding of the value of the song card in non-competitive traditional culture - whether it is a song by a hundred people, or the song card movement itself. "

"Well, I am indeed on this..." Qian Yu smiled wryly. "Forget it, in short, I'll finish the task I need to undertake first."

……

Three hours later.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble!" Ooka Momiji expressed her apology to Hattori Shizuka.

"It doesn't matter, as expected of the two-time high school student competition champion of the Satsuki Cup, he is indeed very strong." But Shizuka Hattori just smiled and nodded, as if she had the advantage.

Although the first set was narrowly won by a very narrow advantage, Shizuka Hattori's reaction power declined significantly, and he finally lost in the second game. The gap is so big that even Ooka Hongye no longer has the heart to continue to compete with the former queen who is no longer young, exposing the fact that she is no longer young and responsive.

"Perhaps I am indeed a little tired. In that case, should I let Qianyu come and compete with you?" Suddenly, Shizuka Hattori made such a suggestion. "Of course, his strength is definitely not as good as your professional, just to give him some experience in high-quality games."

Chiyu was startled, but Hattori Shizuka used his eyes to signal him not to be too nervous.